How To Use Kept In A Sentence

It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.
The interiors are beautifully kept and the countryside is lush and fruitful. Times, Sunday Times
He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
A steady stream of self-released mix tapes and videos - all adhering to the group's cartoonishly horrifying aesthetic, all a bit more deranged than the rest - increased the buzz and kept the conversation going. In concert: OFWGKTA at U Street Music Hall

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We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917
They have kept it alive in the past and continue to make it plausible for millions of people today.
They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
Golub was an odd man out, one of those who kept alive certain ambitions scuttled by the artists who followed Abstract Expressionism.
When alive, the spiders kept on the gaster-only diet initially grew but then shriveled, while those eating the head, legs and thoraces thrived, with some tripling their weight. Why Spiders Always Devour Ants Head First | Impact Lab
Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.
Prior to testing, stimulus males were kept for some days in aquaria with a one-way mirror on one side to acclimatize them with their reflected image.
‘I find most skeptics to be incurable optimists,’ Hyde continues.
Turning downriver, she kept the revs low, Night Watch just noodling along at a crawl. CORMORANT
Moe is a 32 year old privately-owned chimp kept in a backyard in Los Angeles.
We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
In deep cellars stocked with winter ice the temperature was kept below eight degrees. Times, Sunday Times
The mud at the entrance to the nest had kept the rain out.
Content is kept to a minimum while style wins over substance every time.
The foreign birds, most of these parrots and cockatoos, unfortunately need to be kept in cages.
I kept folding up the wads of twenties and stuffing them in the pocket of my shorts.
He kept his gaze on one particular tree.
All birds were hatched in incubators and kept in brooders until approximately 7 weeks of age, at which time they were moved to 5 x 7 x 4 m outdoor flight pens.
The cap or diaphragm had been developed in the 1880's but its availability had been very much limited as people were kept in the dark as to its very existence.
Musculature of legs was in a constant mild clonus, and the right foot was kept in position of talipes equinovarus. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
In fact, to tell the truth, it was my cribbing book, and I always kept it by me when I was writing at Athens, like a gradus, a _gradus ad Venetia
The identities of the hangmen were kept secret. Times, Sunday Times
Transport aircraft carrying supplies kept the German columns moving swiftly, and finally relentless bombing helped to force Warsaw into submission.
Tribal traditions and a male-dominated reading of Islam have produced a deeply rooted ideology of women as temptresses, who must be kept under control to avoid "fitna" or social strife, thereby safeguarding the "peace of Islam. Ida Lichter, M.D.: Afghan Women's Movements Deserve More From the West
This woman wore seamed nylons and kept smoothing her skirt. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
The defendant will be kept in custody until the appeal.
It's his own stupid fault his car was stolen?he should have kept it locked.
A treatise that combined "Plinian lore with the recipes of Martino, cook to Cardinal Trevisan, who kept the best table in Rome. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
Everything from tobacco sacks and cigarette papers to a spare cinch and a rope, from a change of clothes to a picture of his family or his girl, from old letters and reading material to a marlinespike, was kept in it. This Calder Range
If the legend is true, he kept his word for he was seen on countless occasions over the years.
I kept my eyes on them, my body tensing, and then suddenly bam!
Encaenia was kept everywhere throughout the whole land. From the Talmud and Hebraica
For a week after the headlands of Tarifa and Spartel have sunk under the eastern horizon, the vessel is kept every day upon her course, -- her top-gallant and studding sails all distent with the wind blowing freely from over Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
These need to be kept tight, sharp and limited, because the woollier they get, the more endangered. Times, Sunday Times
The polls were kept open an extra four hours because the turnout was so high. The Sun
While you can get pretty close to walruses here, within 30 feet in some cases, you're not allowed to be on the beaches, so conversations are kept to a minimum and there's a rush to get up.
I never kept a diary when I was growing up but I did receive them as Christmas presents and loved the idea of documenting my daily and dull doings.
But to be fair to him, he kept his aplomb and asked me, with great seriousness, if the representation was a true and proportionate likeness. GALILEE
But to my chagrin I kept feeling a certain irritation. Times, Sunday Times
His body was taken by some local Belgians and kept in their family vault for the course of the war. Times, Sunday Times
After the clockwork of the watch was cleaned the watch kept perfect time.
He battled on with temporary replacements, which kept getting dislodged in training and preseason games. The Sun
The run is a 825-metre stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day.
I didn't answer her, just kept scrubbing the toilet clean while Colleen trickled Visine into her eyes.
The waste water is kept entirely separate from the rainwater.
The amazing thing is that it was kept secret for so long.
Following his defiance, KSM was subjected to a number of coercive interrogation techniques besides being waterboarded the 183 times: he was kept up for seven and a half days straight while diapered and shackled, and he was told that his kids, who were now being held in American custody, would be killed. The Longest War
But the rest of the rhododendrons and evergreen azaleas kept their rich green color.
This principle dictates that records should be kept arranged in the order in which they were found.
We have received a complaint from some tourists about a bear being mistreated and kept in deplorable conditions in a snake farm in Pattaya.
He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.
The team ensured that civilian airliners and local mustering aircraft were kept out of the way of the fast jets.
The tusky but soft-hearted little brute kept nodding his round, sparsely covered head while he listened, exuding a smell of lavender-water, cigars, and gutta-percha. The Freelands
The bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged at 9%, where it has been since November, and the rediscount rate at 12%, after raising it from 7% last month. Vietnam Raises Rates
While some things bug Yagoda he despises "enthuse," for example, he has a healthy skepticism toward language extremists. Oh, the irony, part 2
Peace processes thus become sacrosanct and must be kept going at all costs. Times, Sunday Times
I resisted the strong temptation to tell him to go jump off a cliff, and kept quiet.
Someday it may even be possible for the soul of a skeptical scientist to orbit into the empyrean, carrying his karma with him, looking for a suitable body to be born into!
We're surrounded by families with kids in every direction so I no longer feel shame for wearing my trackies and having unkept hair at three (ok six) in the pm.
According to my teachers, only Catholics who kept the commandments had a real shot at Heaven.
He kept off the subject throughout our conversation.
Estelle kept a photograph of her mother in a silver frame on the kitchen mantelpiece.
She kept on struggling to loose herself, groping ineffectually at the deadfall that had entrapped her. SLEEP WHILE I SING
If the craft had kept the same attitude permanently, then that side facing the Sun would have baked.
While in the daytime it looked just kept enough to be scruffy, the thick cool of the night hid its dinginess and transformed it into something almost beautiful.
Every few weeks a passenger has a heart attack so thrombolytic drugs are kept on-hand, says Chris Taylor, the ship's senior doctor. What It Takes to Keep a City Afloat
Spring suspension had not yet arrived, and the carriage body jounced against a hard leather strap that kept it from crashing through the wheels. The King's Best Highway
The plates were kept under a clear, acrylic cover to reduce evaporation.
And the hospital is kept thoroughly clean and dusted every day - and that included the tops of cupboards and places that you do not normally see.
Rowe said Jackson was a man being manipulated by opportunists, who kept information from him and wanted to milk millions of dollars out of him.
Rescue cats should be kept inside for at least their first few weeks in their new home.
The knee injury that kept her away from the courts for more than eight months was a huge hurdle to overcome.
Throughout the interview she kept her temper perfectly , laughing and jesting.
Chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers, can sustain bacterial balance and resist infection if well cared for and kept free of necrotic avascular tissue.
The town was kept going by a fine Abbey, whose last church still stands as one of the final triumphs of the Perpendicular style.
As the vines have yielded their fruit by midsummer and ripened their wood early so as to be ready for starting into growth again in December or January, the grapery is kept cool and ventilated in the fall and early winter, but this need not interfere with the mushroom crop. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure
None rested quiet or mute for a second, except the one who kept close as his shadow to her father's side, and unwittingly was treated by him less like the other children, than like some stray spirit of another world, caught and held jealously, but without much outward notice, lest haply it might take alarm, and vanish back again unawares. John Halifax, Gentleman
Nagesh compèred the show and kept the audience entertained with his mimicry.
Yet had Jeffrey Curtain kept at scrivening for twoscore years he could not have put a quirk into one of his stories weirder than the quirk that came into his own life. Tales of the Jazz Age
And among the administration's critics and war skeptics, this Senator is front and center.
They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family.
THE CHRISTMASES OF QUEEN VICTORIA have been kept with much bountifulness, but after the gracious manner of a Christian Queen who cares more for the welfare of her beloved subjects than for ostentatious display. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Paul watched carefully the vagaries of her excitement, and kept his sharp hawk's-eye upon everything; he had quite made up his mind not to dangle for two years, as he had round Colette de Rosen. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877
Perhaps as a society we believe the grubby hands of business should be kept off our organs, especially in death.
Wage increases are being kept to a minimum because of the recession.
When I went for my walk this afternoon there was still no sign of snow, though the drifts of fallen May blossom along the hedge bottoms kept my mind on the topic.
He has kept a hopeful eye on them. Christianity Today
They called the prospects of U.S. success in Iraq "farfetched," writing: "We are skeptical of recent press coverage portraying the conflict as increasing manageable and feel it has neglected the mounting civil, political and social unrest we see every day. CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007
People were also allowed to view some of the game, which was kept in bomas on the reserve.
England, and she kept Susan Talbot and her children in what she called their meet place, in which that good lady thoroughly acquiesced, having her hands much too full of household affairs to run after queens. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland
It was an enjoyable evening but the danger of where we seem to be going kept reasserting itself like a descant to the pleasant sound of casual conversation.
The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs.
But at least she's kept her nasal twang, eh? The Sun
There is skepticism about the impact and the unrestraint spending they're seeing out of this democratic Congress. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009
He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face taut with concentration.
They kept a low profile until the controversy had alated.
While I kept back the dogs, Uncle Denis, kneeling down, pulled out the quills, and then throwing my blanket over the animal, he secured it as we had done the urson. With Axe and Rifle
A friend, he explained, had promised to meet him in that place; and though the shopwoman plainly doubted his veracity, and kept a sharp eye that he did not take to his heels with the cairngorm, she did not go so far as to suggest his removing himself from the zone of temptation. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story
In particular, southerly winds have meant that migrant moths have kept arriving. Times, Sunday Times
European officials, however, tend to be more confident about their ability to predict, based on theory, likely effects in the future and are somewhat more skeptical of the self-correcting nature of markets.
Before it stood a pipkin, in which something was evidently kept warm. Two on a Tower
Kept it neat and tidy at the back. The Sun
Likewise, a few citation errors in the IPCC report were trumpeted as the final nails in the coffin for the climate movement, despite the fact that not a single investigation even those in which climate skeptics have participated has found any evidence thatscientists "fudged,""manipulated" or "manufactured" data, and the fundamental conclusions of the IPCC still stand. Kelly Rigg: The Movement with a Thousand Faces
For all their differences and ambiguities, empires have shared in common a will to power that should make us skeptical of their most optimistic self-assessments.
Millions of gallons of water are kept back by the dam.
For security reasons, however, the exact location of the deposits is kept secret for the time being.
We kept driving, past cedar thickets and a pasture studded with blooming prickly pear cactus.
The generosity of friends and supporters kept them going during the bleakest periods.
That was one he printed out and kept in his drawer. Times, Sunday Times
John's mother was worried about the company he kept.
Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.
He kept throwing glances at the river with ears flat against his skull.
His aides have dodged questions over how the calls have been kept secure. Times, Sunday Times
Traditionally golf has kept the sexes apart, sometimes for misogynist reasons, but more often because women cannot hit the ball as far as men, and have courses set up accordingly, with the ladies' tees further forward than the men's.
Extra staff brought in to clear the backlog should be kept on until a thorough review is made.
The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical)
Most people are unaware that apples stay fresh two weeks longer if kept cool in the fridge. The Sun
The room seemed very well kept and there was an antique desk in the corner that was piled with papers and documents.
He kept his hand firmly clamped on her wrist so that she would not escape him.
There was Bill Amon who also kept bees and kept us supplied in honey - that's how I got my love of honey.
Already skeptics are questioning whether the initial budget for the space plan is sufficient.
They are also skeptical about intercollegiate athletics and campus activities related to distance learning.
The mangroves' waterlogged roots decayed into peat, and the peat's acidity and lack of oxygen kept the wood from rotting.
It must be clear to every reflecting person that by always proposing what he knew could not be honourably acceded to, he kept up the appearance of being a pacificator, while at the same time he ensured to himself the pleasure of carrying on the war. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
He kept on taking too many tricks as I seemed to be able to undertrump him the entire game. Archive 2006-03-01
Angel Zeno kept his innocent face on for the whole 40 minutes the cop spent with him.
Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could
There was no one at the beamdown point, which was close to where the undetectable barrier kept the swamp from encroaching on the habitat, but there was a road nearby that took them to the village in less than half an hour's walk. The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students)
Public opinion, already highly skeptical and suspicious of European Institutions, reached new lows.
But she's the one who always wanted to be a writer, and kept postponing it because she was too chicken-hearted, afraid she would fail. THE SAVING GRACES
But it's all kept very low key with no rock-star nonsense by surf-celebrator Malloy, whose stylish documentary elevates all of the tour's nuances Endless Summer-style, with human moments outweighing grandeur and without the bro-chatter of the latter. Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums
And further, it seemeth very likely that the inhabitants of the most part of those countries, by which they must have come any other way besides by the north-west, being for the most part anthropophagi, or men-eaters, would have devoured them, slain them, or, at the leastwise, kept them as wonders for the gaze. The North-West Passage
For a long time we have kept a small globe of the world in our front bay window. A Channel of Peace
Some of the premiers had earlier expressed skepticism about creating another level of bureaucracy. Globe and Mail
Even as home prices continued to fall industrywide and the number of new houses under construction kept sinking, Paul Saville , the chief executive of NVR Inc., received total 2010 compensation valued at nearly $31 million, according to NVR's proxy statement. NVR Pays Top Dollar
To Slegge's annoyance, he very soon found that if the prestige of the school was to be kept up Glyn and Singh must be in the eleven, for the former in a very short time was acknowledged to be the sharpest bowler in the school, while, from long practice together, Singh was an admirable wicket-keeper -- one who laughed at gloves and pads, was utterly without fear, and had, as Wrench said -- he being a great admirer of a game in which he never had a chance to play -- "a nye like a nork. Glyn Severn's Schooldays
Most of these diarists ceased to write in 1945, but a few kept going through the threadbare peace.
The guilt of Ephraim is stored up , his sins are kept on record.
It is left to mature in the cellar and the final ripening stage takes place in a spruce wood box, where the cheese is kept for at least 3 weeks.
Media teams were kept well back behind fences and police guards. The Sun
In these Puppenspiele (puppet-shows) the comic element largely prevails and is kept up by the comic figure Kasperle, a buffoon or 'Hanswurst' of the same character as the Italian Pulcinella, the progenitor of our The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
When I lectured at a skeptics meeting in Dublin in mid-October, this photo of my rapt audience was snapped.
He surrounded himself with witty courtiers and kept many beautiful mistresses.
The company has not kept faith with its promise to invest in training.
He called the optometrist's office and was told the difference was being kept by the practice as a credit toward future visits. Consumerist
He showed it to a car mechanic, who kept it five weeks without looking at it.
Bent double in a jolting droshky, I kept asking myself whether I should tell Varia all as it was, or go on deceiving her, and little by little turn her heart from Andrei ... The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories
Crews endure loneliness, sensory deprivation, disorientating microgravity and the anxiety of knowing the vacuum of space is kept from them by an aluminium hull just a few millimetres thick.
She was one of the ship's top engineers and she kept it running smoothly.
Thus, each outlay of dutiful public "support" was eventually marred by some tactless remark or hint of encouragement to an outraged bitter-ender that, if only they kept faith, there might still be a way. Hillary Goes Out With a Whimper
An anemic supply chain, poor infrastructure, and government red tape have kept manufacturers away for years.
They will try to control the situation in such a way that the person who was gaslighted is kept away from other associates.
Compton kept her balance, bobbling only once in the extremely loose, off-camber right-hander that tripped up a number of riders. Katie Compton wins day 2 of the Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival
It is especially noteworthy that The New York Times, itself culpable of, or accessory to whatever alleged crimes Mr. Assange may be accused of, has kept its lips discretely, if unheroically sealed. Michael Brenner: Obama's War on WikiLeaks -- and Us
It was cool without being chill, and took the warmth of one's hand flatteringly soon, as if it liked to do so, yet kept its freshness; it was smooth without being glossy, mat as a pearl, and as delightful to roll in the hand; and of an exquisite, alarming frangibility that gave it, in its small way, that flavour which belongs to pleasures that are dogged by the danger of a violent end. The Judge
She looked through the trunk of clothes kept at the hotel.
When I got up to criticise her - which led to cheering and catcalling from there on - Cook simply sat back and kept his head down.
As I kept pointing out on CH4 course bookmakers just kept shortening up odds without lengthening others. The Sun
Desire kept his head down and held his gait to an ordinary shamble, all to come as close as he could. HAMMERFALL
She said the tiny lights I kept seeing were the apparition's energy. Times, Sunday Times
Death s inevitable.It's a promise made to each of us at birth.But before that promise is kept,we all hope something will happen to us,whether it is the thrill of romance,the joy of raising a family,or the anguish of great loss.We all hope to experience something that make our lives meaningful,but the sad fact is,not all lives have meaning.Some people spend their time on this planet just sitting on the sidelines,waiting for something to happen to them,before it's too late.
He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung, but did not wake when I altered his position.
Unlike other gels held together by relatively weak noncovalent forces, the new gel kept its shape even after sitting in the solvent tetrahydrofuran for six hours. Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews
Arriving at the pickup point early, she honked the horn and kept on honking until Peter finally appeared and descended from a high embankment on a slideway of fractured sandstone. From This Beloved Hour
they disagreed but kept an open dialogue
The old lady kept on about her illness.
But while the Georgian house has been kept in peak condition, the 260 acres of landscaped grounds have become overgrown and wild.
According to some Rabbis, the most important of all is that about the _tephillin_ and the _tsitsith_, the fringes and phylacteries; and 'he who diligently observes it is regarded in the same light as if he had kept the whole Law.' Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
Following its use as a storage site for tanks during the war, the road has been kept usable by constant patching up.
It used to be that an unabridged dictionary and an encyclopedia would be kept accessible in middle-class homes, for settling questions of language or fact.
One robe each was kept, one ax, one tin pail, and a scant supply of bacon and flour. Chapter V
The sergeant fields complaints from businesses, keeps an eye out for felons and new faces on the street, and makes sure that certain hot spots are kept relatively clear.
Grandma always kept a bit of money tucked away in case there was an emergency.
I kept the most valuable cards in acetate sleeves.
Britains, Scots, and Picts following the chase without order or araie, so that by reason the Romans kept themselues close togither, the Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8)
The doctors removed the tumours and reconstructed her face, but there was one more operation on her eyelid that she kept putting off. Times, Sunday Times
There used to be, and belike is yet, a custom, in all maritime places which have a port, that all merchants who come thither with merchandise, having unloaded it, should carry it all into a warehouse, which is in many places called a customhouse, kept by the commonality or by the lord of the place. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
And now this settlement and atonement was handselled and was well kept afterwards. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor
She kept her head under pressure and went on to win the race.
And the two launch consoles with the key slots were built a distance apart, which kept one crewman from, say, twisting his own key with his left hand and reaching over to twist the other key with his right hand. How the End Begins
Both were excellent fund-raisers among the wealthy, and they kept up feminine appearances by favouring Parisian fashions.
With an effort, he kept himself from using the term butterfly catchers, “... gentlemen.” Starfleet Year One
Owned by the municipality of Funchal, the whole facility is kept spotlessly clean.
Kabir is that rare thing: a skeptical, disillusioned poet who nevertheless speaks in a voice of rapture and entrancement. When Mysticism Came Down to Earth
Jake crawled onto the bed, groping blindly for the towel he always kept nearby for just these occasions.
Filler rods and wire reels, when not in use, must be kept in closed packets and containers and stored in a dry place at a uniform temperature.
I finished work today, go to pick the car up and lo and behold some scruffy twoccers have smashed the window, nicked the stereo which is no good because I kept the face with me and completely ripped all the ignition out.
Another friend, a champion wrestler, kept a poster on the wall of the basement where he worked out with weights. Christianity Today
Perhaps this natatory clothing had kept him above water, while the surf had borne him to shore? Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery
On the ground it was a world of shadows and sunny streaks, kept ever in interfluent motion by such a wind as John Skelton describes: Wilfrid Cumbermede
Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
For instance, Matt argues thatThe Democratic Party is awash in secretiveness, and while there have been Kerry emails which explain a bit of polling, one is mostly kept in the dark as to the strategic direction of the campaign. Sometimes the first thought...
These pachyderms, originally kept at the Kozhikamudhi working campsite are used for entertaining tourists, conducting elephant safari and for removing fallen trees or for shifting logs.
The morphine and assortment of drugs and painkillers kept her in a dream state for quite a while.

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